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[quote=Anonymous]At the beginning, the answer is to tell your kid they don't have to play with someone who isn't nice to them and that they can tell the other kid they don't like the behavior.  Some kids who you all claim are bullies are just oblivious (or are on the spectrum).  Comminicating with a teacher is fine.  Saying that they need to be separated right away prevents everyone from leaning and changing.  That said if it gets bad talk to the teacher and then make sure the teacher talks to the other parents.  Teachers sometimes ignore problems and don't relay information, again losing the opportunity for everyone to learn.   Our kid was in a similar situation and another parent went all out right away. I taught my kid to say no, gave the other parents a heads up in non confrontational way, and things got better fast.   I also learned the "bully" herself had medical issues that she was trying to compensate for.  I felt pretty bad that this girl had been labeled a bully once I found out.  Her behavior was wrong but there was a bigger picture, and she was 7.  Then I talked to my kid about compassion. Misbehavior (and worse) isn't OK, but you can't control other people you can only control yourself. We live in a messy world.  [/quote]

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